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In 1901 Daimler sold the first Mercedes car. As the car was meant for the French market as well, Daimler had been given the advice to find a name for it that did not sound TOO German. What was his source of inspiration?

an important customer's daughter's name.

Many manufacturers of cars used their own names as brandnames. To which brand in this list does that NOT apply?

de Soto. Hernando de Soto the Spanish explorer did not design cars - John F. and Horace E. Dodge did; and so did David D.Buick and Henry Ford.

About what invention was it said: you cannot make people sit on an explosion?

motor car.

Who were, literally speaking, the first 'strikers' ?

sailors. When sailors felt they did not get enough food , they protested by STRIKING the ship's flag.

What was - in the literal sense of the word - the first method of 'sabotage' ?

clogging the machines with your wooden shoes. Such actions were reported in the industrial north of France.Sabot = wooden shoe

When the English imported a new and fatter type of chicken they called it turkey because that was where they thought it was from. What did the French - who called it dinde or dindon - think it came from?

India.

The Dutch call the same bird 'kalkoen' . What was their concept of the origins of the bird?

Calcutta bird.

As soon as the Berlin Wall had fallen a new type of tourist souvenir turned up. Soviet medals and military uniform caps were sold near the Brandenburger Tor. Also those Russian dolls that fit into each other got a new popularity -especially those on the Gorby theme. What is the name for such dolls?

matryoshkas. Babushkas are scarves worn by women and tied under the chin - Chapkas are a traditional Russian headwear - Blinis are pancakes

Sometimes a simple idea goes a long way. What was it that the Gideons International introduced?

Bibles in hotelrooms.

The invention of ice-cream - as of so many other things - has been attributed to the Chinese. Which of these recipes was the precursor of modern ice-cream?

a mix of milk, cooked rice and snow. The other recipes could not be called iceCREAM anyway. - Rather sherbets or granitas.